Around 1820, several manuscripts went missing from the archives of Maine-et-Loire in Angers, among them two of the region's most valued cartularies, Le Livre Noir de Saint-Florent, pres Saumur and La Grande Pancarte de Fontevrauld. These volumes were later discovered to have been purchased by the famed book collector Thomas Phillipps, and, in 1850, the Angers archivist Paul Marchegay travelled to England to document these and other French cartularies in English collections. The result of his efforts is Cartulaires Francais en Angleterre (1855). This important bibliography provides full descriptions of seven French cartulary manuscripts held at the British Museum, lists by geographic location twenty-two documents pertaining to French foundations, and describes the two manuscripts held in the Phillipps collection. It both represents an important contribution to the history of Angers and reveals a fascinating story of diplomatic co-operation among the archivists of France and England.

Table of Contents

Part I: 1. Royaume des Deux-Siciles; 2. Universite de Paris; 3. Duches d'Aquitaine et de Gascogne; 4. Comtes de Poitou et de Toulouse; 5. Comte d'Avignon; 6. Seigneurie d'Arlay en Bourgogne; 7. Seigneurie de la Foret en Poitou; 8. Ville de Greux et de Domremy en Champagne; 9. Bullaire Anglais; 10. Archeveche de Tours; 11. Eveche de Maguelonne; 12. Eveche de Toul; 13. Abbaye de Commercy en Barrois; 14. Abbaye de Montebourg en Normandie; 15. Abbaye de Saint-Acheul, en Picardie; 16. Leproserie de Bolleville, en Normandie; Part II: 1. Cambray; 2. Compiegne; 3. Coutances; 4. Fecamp (Abbaye de); 5. Lire (Abbaye de), en Normandie; 6. Neuville au Temple (Commanderie de) en Champagne; 7. Nimes; 8. Paris; 9. Saint-Bertin (Abbaye de), ... Saint-Omer; 10. Troyes; Part III: 1. Abbaye de Fontevraud; 2. Abbaye de Fontevraud; 3. Abbaye de Saint-Florent, pres Saumur; 4. Abbaye de Saint-Florent pres Saumur; 5. Abbaye de Saint-Nicolas d'Angers; 6. Abbaye de Saint-Serge d'Angers; 7. Abbaye de la Trinite de Vendome.